"The vote was considered a confidence motion that would have triggered an election had it been defeated.
Instead, it passed 127 to 76 in the House of Commons. The Liberals remained in their seats while both the Bloc Québécois and NDP voted against it.
If all three opposition parties had voted against the motion, the government would have fallen.
Liberal MP threatened with expulsion
Meanwhile, CBC News has learned that Ottawa-Vanier Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger wanted to stand up and vote against the economic statement.
But Bélanger was informed that he would be expelled from the Liberal caucus if he voted against the motion instead of abstaining, sources told CBC News.
Continue reading this article at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/10/31/statement-vote.html
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